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Auto repair shops in Colonial Heights city, VA
How Colonial Heights city, VA compares with other counties and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 19 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,279 of 2,378 scored counties
#103 of 114 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 35
- 12 chain locations (34%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.7M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $896 a household
- Spending per listing
- $193K
- 57% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 46.5
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,738
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
Colonial Heights city scores 19 (low) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #2,279 of 2,378 scored counties and #103 of 114 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Colonial Heights city spend about $6.7M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $896 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $193K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 57% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
There are 35 auto repair shops on map listings in Colonial Heights city as of September 2026. 12 of them (34%) are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. That is 46.5 per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 21.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Colonial Heights city was 19 in 2023. That is one for every 396 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $120K have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Colonial Heights city. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Colonial Heights city grew 3.2%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Colonial Heights city compares
The same measures for Virginia and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all vehicle maintenance and repairs by the auto repair shops counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Colonial Heights city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 46.5 | 19.5 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $193K | $496K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 396 | 982 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.4% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $896 | $968 | $958 |
| Median household income | $76,505 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 19 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 19
- Employees, 2023
- 110
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3512 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $120K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Colonial Heights city, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Colonial Heights city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,738+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 7,530
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 8 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,441
- Median household income
- $76,505+40.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,310
- Median home value
- $246,600
- Jobs located here
- 9,717
- Daytime population
- 19,297Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Colonial Heights city marked.
Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fluvanna County, VA | 95 | 8 | 7.7 | $1.6M | +6.2% | #4 of 2,378 |
| 2Caroline County, VA | 90 | 18 | 15.0 | $768K | +11.3% | #22 of 2,378 |
| 3Poquoson city, VA | 89 | 6 | 12.7 | $912K | +6.6% | #27 of 2,378 |
| 4Clarke County, VA | 87 | 11 | 18.7 | $632K | +5.4% | #36 of 2,378 |
| 5Prince George County, VA | 86 | 11 | 8.5 | $1.4M | +2.0% | #37 of 2,378 |
| 6James City County, VA | 85 | 31 | 9.7 | $1M | +6.2% | #46 of 2,378 |
| 7Louisa County, VA | 84 | 28 | 18.0 | $660K | +13.6% | #61 of 2,378 |
| 8King George County, VA | 83 | 21 | 20.7 | $571K | +10.5% | #74 of 2,378 |
| 9Albemarle County, VA | 81 | 48 | 10.5 | $927K | +5.1% | #92 of 2,378 |
| 10Chesterfield County, VA | 81 | 221 | 15.8 | $669K | +8.7% | #101 of 2,378 |
| 103Colonial Heights city, VA | 19 | 35 | 46.5 | $193K | +3.2% | #2,279 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Colonial Heights city
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair shops are in Colonial Heights city, VA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 35 auto repair shops in Colonial Heights city. 12 of them (34%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Another 12 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Colonial Heights city, VA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $6.7M a year, or $896 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 35 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $193K per shop. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which auto repair shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,530 households in Colonial Heights city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Colonial Heights city, VA compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Colonial Heights city has 46.5 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $193K, 57% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Colonial Heights city would have about 15, against 35 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 396 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Colonial Heights city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Colonial Heights city at 18,738 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,530 households. Median household income in Colonial Heights city is $76,505, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.3%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Colonial Heights city scores 19 for auto repair shops (low), #2,279 of 2,378 scored counties.
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